Saturday, March 29, 2008

Latrobe skated away with the Pennsylvania Cup after being crowned state champions in the Class AA High School Hockey Championship by defeating the Conestoga Pioneers, 3-2, today at the Cambria County War Memorial in Johnstown, PA.

The State Championship game-winning goal was scored by JeffJoe Regula. Latrobe also had goals from Alex Stahl and Zack LaDuke. The Ice Cats had a solid goaltending effort from Nick Loyacona, who stopped 33 shots from the Pioneers.

This was the first state championship won by the Ice Cats in their 28 year history and the second team championship in Greater Latrobe's history.

The Ice Cats were the only Penguins Cup Champions (Western Pennsylvania) to win in the state final:

CLASS A - Quaker Valley lost to West Chester East, 3-2, in the Class A game. QV's goals came from Noah Zamagias and Colin South.

CLASS AAA - Pine-Richland lost to LaSalle, 9-1, in the last game of the Cup Series.

The standings stay exactly the way they are now. The Penguins end up finishing in second and the Flyers in seventh place. That would mean a first round match-up between, you guessed it, the Pens and Flyers. A First/Eighth scenario is just as likely.

Monday, March 17, 2008

We can all be thankful that then Penguins' VP and General Manager Craig Patrick brought a four-leaf clover to Draft Day on July 22, 2005 to luck-out by the Pens drawing ping-pong ball #12 to win the Sidney Crosby Lottery.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

One year ago today Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato and Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl joined Pittsburgh Penguins co-owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle and announced a deal for a new multi-purpose arena to keep the Penguins in Pittsburgh for at least the next 30 years. The Mellon Arena, with a seating capacity at 16,940, has been full ever since. Every game this season has attracted a standing-room-only sellout crowd.

The Penguins will set a franchise record tonight for consecutive sellouts in one season at 35 and run the total to 48 consecutive sellouts at the Mellon Arena. The current streak surpasses the high attendance marks following the Stanley Cup wins in 1991 & 1992.

The team has more than 1,000 people on the waiting list for season tickets - most wanting a least a pair of season tickets. If the Pens don't hold any seats back, the new 18,500 seat Mellon BONY Arena will be sold out before the foundation is even poured.

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